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passage.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28г#, 1906.
The 8.8. Eastern arrived in port from Kobe last night with eleven through passengers.
The return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week suding the 24th there wars to the Library and 183 to the November, 1906, shows that of non-ChinaN 3-
Mavum; and of Chiqase 140 to the former and 2,825 to the latter. The Library was therefore, used by. 440 porous and the Museum by 3,003.
His standard of living, his type of civilization | saissionary teachers flown on to China. The ngainst the standards of the Orient and the coolie missionary who would come to them Asiatic manner of living" Here seems a to live it, as well as trash it, has to be sufficient text on which to issue the invita driven off. There is an International tion, “Como, let it reason together", but Society for the Protection of Workmen, we may as well quote the rest of the whieh wants, inter alia, tɔ abolish the use of white phosphorus in the manufacture of matches. Both Great Britain and Sarden, represented at the conferencs, declined to bind themselves to forbid it, whereupon There was a larg, untive attenlaser at the another contemporary, lucidly ranarks:
London Missionary Society Chapel, Hollywood Calortunately in this pass the general Road, last night, to hear Mr. 4, G. Alexander, interest of the state does not entirely cuinaida hoa. serutary of the Society for Uno Fuppression with that of the individas-the work; and in this inflict, no generally happens, the weakest of the Opian Trade, discurse on the evils of go to the wall. The work will for the that trale. The speaker told of the tíuding of tim being still be sacrided to the slate as the Indian Commission; of the unfavourable representing the interests of mutional industry which are not always in accoginues with pression produced on people at home, and of the workers."
how missionaries were alwys foremost in pro And it goes on to say, attriste Fas ustallaiming the greatues of the evil.
'Thu le by il Mesopotamian fascination of a thrice inted to the abolicies of the traffic, and some spoke of a series of events, which lie contendal, blessed word:
cluded by exhorting his hear esto no their best endeavours to supressit.
"In order to compote with the coolie in the open market the Western labourer must be able fu subsist on the same cheap food and live in n the me human warrens that suffice for the Oriental, To campote on the conditions, me they surrender of the Western nasuer of living and all that in wost
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exformed in Western civilization. So tha al struggle is hero
border that uses national policies and ek nou vunience. It is a
as deep as civilization itself. It is the young against the old, the West sprutust the East, the modern against the ancient. The straggio in faevitable, interable and will be without quarter. All the res nt elusive arts are Kuro makestiífts and only post pius for a lime the greatest misis,”
government of the
its
TWỪ TYPHOON HEROES.
We understand that efforts ara teing made and heroism displayed by Mr. E. I. Grainger to veure public recognition of the painntry
TELEGRAMS.
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STOKERS MUTINY AT PORTSMOUTH.
LONDON, November 27th, Moody, the instigator of the Ports- mouth mutiny of stokers, has been sentenced by Court Martial to five years' penal servitude.
A DUCAL PRESENT.
LONDON, November 27th. The Duke of Fife has presented Duff House with 10 acres of land,
to Banff.
THE SHANGHAI DOCKS.
Our conteropexy goes on, retaining its Ebeg to invite your attention to nar
tabolitely impregnale premiss that Pries List which is now ring wat out the standards and ideals of the twain are "Not until the proletariat is better educated so far a nader, to argue that the West will it be ablo ter participale fruelly in the Plon-u apply for a copy if you have not
must not only conserve its own grandards Cousideration of
Histe and enforce the terests iu uational already revivel cur. Tax REDUCED Pawes ¦ (as the Chinese wish to do) but that in agrements."
militant, missionary ways it is its day to
Bothe civilizent standard of living requires whieh tuke Effect us Pro3 Tue 15ru 1ysTAND
fast them on the Rest. Before its eyes it popular education, mal area at the surfer
SHANGHAI, November 27th.. sees death rates and birth rates, commercial of the general interest of the schif other of the ffesagahan, and Mr. Alex prosperity and, luxury, as u jectives including the match trade, we must go Harvey, and engineer, when that Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co., At a confirmatory meeting of the themselves, rather than us concomitants of giving it, free. Free The blessing is stranded during the disastrous typhoon. The a goal. The im bedare question is whether compulsory and we are intent on compl. former related to go ashore wits a line Ed., held to-day, lengthy speeches were
which he succeded iu. doing, although much good-seid shoning requires constantling the roles of other laula to awallow
delivered by Messrs. Nielsen, Gilbert, biruised by being buffettel auf kuocked by the aiping at the "ball", or whether these
The Chinese and Japanese make other lion of the target will be tehes, of a sort, without killing their example was followel by Mr. Harry, and
heavy seas against the racier. is nobleReid and Keswick opposing the between them they secured the ropes by which scheme to dispose of part of the the pissengers wen taken of the steamer. As
Company's property for the purposes many were washed Ermia the repes both me wore busy in the water rescuing thaas in dunger of a Wharf and Go-lown Co.) which was carried on a poll of 23,282, against 2,723 votes.
WHETHER EUropean or Chinese.
We have also just issued separately a New
Wine List with Prices basod
rate of Exchange now zalien. Reference to which
will show has
have been sende.
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Correspondemit must forward their names and ac
sutleient when the scoring comes to ha reckoned. It is hien, of course, that the sparkle of many facets should stract attention. There is ven some vagueness as
to the presso locality of the ball; or to suggest a quotation with which all Americus are familiar, Clære is an evident unrestainty which star we must bitch our væggon to, ; cumparatively. Low down and accessible, for the one highest in the zenith,
Even
those ideals or standards of lving referred
it to
with white phosphoma or proletariat Chicago caunel chow, and we nei tant a watch combine is being arranged to compete with them. The missionaries cains as one
of their merits that they help to pash No denbt they will help to foreign trade. push this. Then, when the coolie maleh- maker's occupation's gue, he will want to migrate, and war he go to work where they make munteles with white phosphoeirs. Happily they won't let him in. He would five and die making, watches for ton
of drowning.
DEATH OF MR. THOMAS ARNOLD.
EXPEDITION IN BORNEO.
the Colony by yoderday's sil of the death of We deeply regret to buru. (hut news machad Mr. Thomas Arueld, who for over twenty-twe years ably filled the position of Secretary of the
SANDAKAN, Nov. 27th, Hongkong, Canton and Macau Steamboat
Mr. Arnald was periously The Tenony, Tawao, Expedition has tapang, Limited. with the Grm of Angustine Heard & Ca. (new
to be our eoaleaporary are les juna tally cheaply and so cheat his teachers' nationals defunct) and later established himself in the arrived here safely.
of their inalienable privilege.
defined than it appears to assume. What is the standard of the Amerlein or British.
Here we stop, having suggested the Inbourer, especially of those labearers who subscribe to soad missionurions to induce thessibility of the many other facets of this Oright to plunge its stulards? Have they
Chinese evolle question. That is all we set not more than one? When they ly und
Just to do. We have no advice to offer. admire the Simple Life of Thoreau and of
We leave to our contemporary or to others, ne Christianity, and elect to sand mis-the task of unravelment.
after reminding them of the complicati 198. Wismaries to educate the Chinese or Japanme, they forget that simplicity and contentment are inevitable commonplaces for the masses they would instruct. When they pass laws to exclude those who would cone amongst them a living and practising exponents of simplicity and meekness, do they not set up amber samlard, vastly differt auf mere
The Sun Cheung, sank alongside the Lwang Wing wharf, has been raisel sud towol Yaumati.
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On November 23rd, at Shanghai, to CuarLER and EDNA KOKYSURY, A 601.
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which inspires their proselytizing wal?
Mr. Palimau, President of the Sleeping Car A having given passes to officials as bribyg No man can live up to two statlards; upplague report. It was the 82nd case for the Yesterday we were surpris-d to runaive another
standard is essentially something unique.
SCRIS
can eat his one cout by two palterus. Yet asou, and it was discovered at Sha pa, Kowloon that is what chriondom
to be ❘ City. attempting. With the formula of oue standard in mind, simplicity, contentment,
Mr. R. E. Belillos, barrister, has been asked Conservative candidate for the happiness, they invade. Chiua with their Walworth division. He filed to get the programme of elueation, having first, it seat for West Nowington. must be admitted, tasted their
Own
me licine. Our contemporary admits that the eulie's tastes are too simple, his fod too cheap, to admit him to compete with white workmen. Then the standard of living of the white workman cannot be that
to stand as
There will be a andute of 21 gans at 12, Noon on Saturday, the lat prox, in honour of the anniversary of the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Alexaudra.
It is reported from St. Petersburg that it is believed in fuancial circles there that Count Witte during his European tour negotiated for a leau of £52,030,000 on the security of the national railwayS.
In order to meet the continued demand for
The third and last practico dance for St. Audrew's Ball took place yesterday and was again largely attended. The roots and strath apoy wont with a better swing than store, nod there is little doubt that the bill on Friday night will be as brilliant sud as succesful
naler which he suds forth missionaries to the heathen. It must be one involving | "extras." We know too well that it is so. The European education of the masse bus rum to imitation luxuries, to artificial needs, the Daily Press Illustrated Typhoon Pamphlet, such as cheap blouses and tinned plumapple. another Edition hus beca printed and copies are The standard of living of the civilized pro-zow obtainable from the Daily Press Office.or HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 287, 1996
sturint requires that the appearance of from the local booksellers, Tux adagy that every quarvel has two sides plutocratic reliusment must be maintained, to it is inndele, especially as it is often This involves cheapness, which in turn in aulapted to questions under debate, as well volves sweating, and so at the last, after all as to disputes. For general use in the our welliment efforts to lift the masses, we debating scuse, it would be better to find a submerged tenth living practically on romomber it as meaning that overy subject the same bara level as the coolio, so far as of debate has as many facete ne a diamond simple essentials are concerned, but with it may be that it has more. We have been the supererogatory embarassment of a false struck by an articlo in the Manila Cullenex standard of living, one that caunot be lived dealing with European and American up to. Yet we continue to send emissaries objections to Chinese coolie labour, which to preach the blessings of civilization to the article goes deeper than the average Oriental coolin, and our own state is so American writer in the neighbouring islands pirlons that when he talks of stepping in to see how we do it, we have to bar him out, usunily seems to venture. Yet we want to suggest, with all possible respect for our contemporary's analytical effort, that
The subject of Cbínoso exclusion has still deeper
;
an its predecessors.
The M.-C. Daily News says Mr. H. I. Harding of the Consular Service has been departuro will be a long to Shanghai, where he transferred from Shanghai to Canton. His has many friends. These, however, will con- gratulate bim on his promotion and will follow his career in the Service with keen interest.
Work in connection with the saving of the It is impossible in a few words to demon-French destroyer Fronde in proceeding strate the hideous tangle we are in, the satisfactorily. All visible apurtures in the muddle we have unde of our reform work, hull are said to have bou tightened, and small
which pipes will be conveyed for the purpose of pomping water out of her,
SUPREME COURT.
Tuesday, November 27th.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,
BEFORE Ma. A. G. WISE (PUISNE Joves).
ALLEGED FALAK IMPRISONMENT.
Chang Lai sued Cheong Tsai to recover $100 for falsa imprisonment of the plainti¥,
Mr. E. P. H. Lang (of Messrs. Dascon,
Looker and Danco) reprosated the plaintiff,
and Mr. C. F. Dixon ( Mr. John Hastings ofco) the defendant.
Mr.
my Lord, 1.0 my
Dixon I have first, на technical objection to take fcleud's case of action. I submit be has misconceived his rouady ju bringing this action for islas imprisonment, If he has any right of action at all it should have been for talinis prosecution. Mr. Dixou thou cited antborilis
His Lordship-Malicious prosocation is far harder to prore, af is necessary to provo
uzalice.
Mr. Dixon-But the action must be for mualiciens prosecution, net for false imprison.
ment.
itis Lordship--Was au information sworn before the magistrate?
Mr. Dixon-I believe an, my Loni.
His Jordship-It does not say so hero, and I
directal that the statement of claita should be amended. With regard to this statement of wer partners. partnership, yu yourself at that time said you
Mr. Dixon-Nu: I said I was praparod, if yoa intended faking the action on that date, to admit that we were partners.
want to gruf auto serious trouble. The plaintiff His Lordship-You had to, unless you didn't in this case admitted ho was a partner?"
Mr. Dia-Yes
His Lordship fare the dufeudantadmittet it now hol-újes it.
Mr. Dizon med ·rstood there was never any sim ion by me, or any sue on his bob slf, that he was a partner.
His Tardship-Ho pover appearal Mr. Disa No.
careful what he says to-day.
His Lordship Well, he had botter b
Mr. Dix As I said to your Lordship before. in this business there are certain
All the European members of it bangh in which they are, and others in
Colony as a public accountant and even during bis long conuretion with the Steamboat Com pany Me. Arnold's name figured on the yearly tire well,
balones shunts of several local companies as an anditor. He was widely respected in the Colony, and whou a year ago failing beaith obliged him to resign the Secretaryship of the Steamboat Cmpy and leave the East, the Company marked their appreciation of his lung. and faithful service by granting him a year's pay as retiring allowance. Mr. Amold bad Fesided in the Colony since 1872. He died at Exmouth on October 20th, his nge being til.
POLICE COURT.
Tuesday, November 27th,
BEFORE R. F. A. HAZELAND (FIRST POLICE MAGISTRATE).'
TYPHOON EXPENSES.
owner of the stearintech Yu Sum to recorat The Harbour Mater proceeded against the the sum of $1,250, being expenses incurred in raising the Imuch which
was sunk in
the watre of the Colony by the typhoon,
Mr. G. E. Morrell (of the Crown Solicitor's afloe appeared to prosocute; but, as defendant did not appear, the case was remanded till Friday.
STRAYING CATTLE.
Another fine
was added to the long list; recorded against Peer Baz, the Kowloon herdsman, who apparently keeps an anruly mob of cattle. For allowing them to stray on the public roads of the Peninsula ke was muloted in the sum of. SI5.
ASLAY" FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
A coolie recently returned from South Africa went into an eating house at Queen's Road West on Monday night, had a meal,
and iried to erade paying for it. He was charged him with obtaining a mest by fraus). handed over the police, and Inspector Collett
Defendant told his Worship he refused
to pay because he had eaten only 3) cants worth, and they wanted to charge him 75 cents. The Magistrate sent him to jail for three works,
. SHIPWRECKED HONGKONG EXILE. Wong Piu appeared to answers charge of returning from banishment. He said he was wrecked in the typhoon, picked up by a passing junk and brought on to Hongkong. He knew he should not be bere; but, as be war, he decided to stay until he could earn enough money to leave the Colony.
His Worship committed him to prizon for in the stocks for four hours. twelve months, and ordered him to be exposed
THE ROWLOON MURDER.
(RESTER'S SERVICE]
THE MOROCCO TROUBLE.
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Losos, November 25th. A Division of the French Mediterranean egandrou is provisioning at Tordon in readiness for emergencies in Morocco.
LATER.
France and Spain have arrived it an agreement, not yet finally ratified, for remedying the present insecurity in Tangier, by which 1,200 men of each nationality will be landed. In any case the French and Spanish naval divisions will remain off Tangier.
ARREST OF SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR,
LONDON, November 25th, Mr. Schmitz, the Mayor of San Francisco - bas been arrested in New York, on his arrival from Europe, on charges of extortion misappropriation? ] A correspondent describes the city as rotten with corruption and vice, and full of thieves and murderere. The municipal officials, who areall Labourites are spending money like water.
The secret of prolonged youth is said to be Better no temperament at all. the possession of sa cptimistic temporament.
To a very great extent success or failure in life seems largely to depend on getting a reputa fin for being able to do things.
Worldly j
y joy in a sundower, which shuts when the gleam of prosperity is over; spiritual joy is
ад
its priekies unfading plant. But it has
which they are not partners; and, in the o'rtala chargo with respect to embezzlement, Lhey were not partners,
His Lordship-In oiginal action 196, q amended writ, judgment was given against two of them.
Mr. Dizou-My client tells me there was no partnership batworn himself and the plaintiff with regard to the monies which are the subject matter rf this charge of embezzlement.
His Lotiship - If you had told me that bofora I shouldn't have called for an amendment.
Mr. Dixon-I suggested it before. His Lordship Perhaps you will say he is zot a defendaut next ?
Mr. Dixea-Apart from that question will For consider the case?
His Lordabip-I will consider it and reservo that point.
but on his Lordship's suggestion read the Mr. Lang submitted he had nothing to prozo,
statements of claim and dafone), the latter denying that plaintiff and defendant were partners in the aetion.
His Lordship-You've got to prove that. You bad better put your client in the box.
Mr. Tang-He's not here. Hie Lordship-Woll, that being the ouse I'll give you Thursday morning.
Mr. Dixon-I should like to raise another point: that is, with reference to my friend having failed to give notice in writing of this intended action for false imprisonment.
You (Mr. Lang) might consider these points, His Lordship-I'll consider that point too. und you must have your client here on Thurs- day as there are thres things you've got to prove or else you don't get your case.
PARLIAMENTARY NEWS BY MAIL
RUSSIA AND THE ALAN ISLANDS. In the House of Commous on October 25th, Mr. Ashley asked the secretary for Foreign Affairs whether Russian troops were still in
The most refreshing person that it is possibly recupation of the Aland Islands. meet is the man or woman who bas a theore of life, who knows what he or she desires, and regulates ilfa accordingly.
to
th
The English are divided into three cli8806:
are the aspiring and the perspiring the aspire and perspire. It is a peculiarity of our middle-class is composed of those who both fellow-countrynien and women that they have the greatest contempt for all who perspire
eapt for pleasure.
that they spend so much time bauding out promises to people that they haven't got time to wake any of them good. To make god
The trouble with a lot of man in the world is
wh-nover
In
Sir E Grey: The latest information is to the effect that the Russian Troops seat to the Aland Islands have been withdrawn with the
option of two afficers and fifteen wen,
CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMA
Mr. H. H. Marke asked whether the conditions under which the administration of the Imperist Chinese Maritine Customs wore granted by
of 1906 and 1808 wore boing daly observed.
China during the currency of the Chinese loans
Sir E. Grey When the loans of 1896 and
1898 were raised, the Chinese Government
dertook that the Administration
of the Maritime Customs should remain ax then con-
The trial of Wong Kin for the murder of Agry woman thero is en inberent desire to i stitnted during the currency of the loans. By
you can really do, will give you a reputation nover you can and not promise more than
that you cannot buy with mousy.
something: what Kantial. She may lavish her affections en hus. Customs Administration was transferred from
that something is in notes-
the Imporial Edint of May 9th last, the Yung chung in a pork batcher's shop at Elgin band, shildren, parents, pat Road, Kowloon, was concluded,
anything l, k After hearing further evidence his Worship that she loves and cherisare more than all the but this does not necessarily imply more than a or sume one one Chinese Government Department to another , but he must have some
At
depths it might have platbed; or, returniéo We have come to regard the word cofferdams built round the hatches through committed the defendant for trial at the Criminal world besides. Occasionally it may be herself, change of form, and it has not so far made ang
Neha
to our opening platitude, that ther other facets deserving study. preliminarily that the prejudice again Chinese, cheap labour is not confined to
"education" ne blassel, like the word sopotamin", but we are not educating eses to boppy. As a recent wit has dt, we look to education to enable us to
A moating of His Majesty's Justicos of the Poace was bold at the Magistracy yesterday, Samuel Jones for a publican's-coree to retail afternoon to consider applications from:- intoxicating liquors at the Prays East Hotel, and from P. Wissing for the German Tavern.
Узаківця,
BEFORE MR. C. D. MELBOURNE (SECOND POLICH MAGISTRATE).
REFUSING TO PAY HIRE.
I am certain that, in living close to the
fields, we are else to the soures of true and difference to the Administration of the Customs great poetry, where each of us, at times, hoars Service by Sir R. Hart. ligh
that Burns and Wordsworth left wered lines that are only waiting to bo lived into sang. The nature lover who lives with bis ftella and skies eimply puts himself in inspirations. the way of the most and gentlest of such
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The T.K.K. str. Hongkong Mare will sail fico Yokohams on the 30th Nov., and is due to arrive at this port Dec. 9th,
American workmen, but that in Australia, beat Germany in business. It has fed us
refusing to pay riesha hire, and for being in An Arabian quartermaster was charged for South Africa, and in England itself the 80 far away from our nominal ideal, our
unlawful possession of on arm.
It is not the mera setting to work again that attitude towards it is much the same, our pseudo-standard of living, that we have
Defondant retained a ricths for nearly an which a vacation makes inevitable. How is he is so dingreeablo, as the moral atecklaking contemporary thinks to lay bare the real recently been trying to diverse our schools Mr. F. A. Hazeland presided, the other Justices hour, without paying for it. When he was getting ou in the world, morally, physically, significance of all exclusion laws and from our ethics. But both America and present being Mr. C. D. Mölbourne, Hon. arrested, a sheath kuife was found on his person. or backward, or standing still? These are here on the 1st Dec.
pecuniarily, and socially? Is he going forward, ordinances by postulating that "the Britain still believe in simplicity and con- Captain F. J. Badeley and Mr. R. H. A. Craig, His Worship imposed a fine of $10, and desced awkward, impertinent questions, which Western labourer is fighting to maintain tentment for others, and the stream of both were graatait.
As no objection was raised to either application, ordered him to pay the coolio 50 cents' no one has I compensation.
himself.
Ost. 30th, arrived at San Francisco, Nev, 26th, The PM. str. Siberia sailing from this port The H.A.L. str. Hohenstaufen left Singapore on the 26th Nov, at 3 p.,, and may be expected The Shire Line str. Montgomeryshire left u right to ask a man except Singapore on the 22nd inst., and is due here on
or about the 29th inst.